{"id":69456,"date":"2025-07-02T08:12:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69456"},"modified":"2025-07-02T08:12:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:12:54","slug":"suspected-thief-caught-hiding-in-bank-ceiling-after-attempted-system-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/02\/suspected-thief-caught-hiding-in-bank-ceiling-after-attempted-system-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected Thief Caught Hiding in Bank Ceiling After Attempted System Hack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A suspected thief was caught hiding in the ceiling of a First City Monument Bank (FCMB), branch in Lagos in a foiled attempt to tamper with the bank&#8217;s systems after closing hours.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses said the suspect had entered the bank during normal business hours, locked himself inside the restroom, and later climbed into the ceiling where he remained hidden until after the branch closed for the day.<\/p>\n<p>His plan, however, was thwarted when security personnel discovered his presence and apprehended him before any damage could be done.<\/p>\n<p>The incident caused a stir as staff and security officials rushed to the scene to ensure the suspect was captured.<\/p>\n<p>FCMB has confirmed the attempted breach and is working closely with law enforcement agencies to investigate the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are probing the motive behind the act and whether the suspect had any accomplices.<\/p>\n<p>The attempted theft underscores the importance of strict security protocols in financial institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke A suspected thief was caught hiding in the ceiling of a First City Monument Bank (FCMB), branch in Lagos in a foiled attempt to tamper with the bank&#8217;s systems after closing hours. Eyewitnesses said the suspect had entered the bank during normal business hours, locked himself inside the restroom, and later climbed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":69457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69458,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69456\/revisions\/69458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}